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Title: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Pretty Funky on November 03, 2019, 01:33:42 PM
It’s only taken 30 years but someone has put the campfire sessions together in a very watchable clip. Enjoy now in case it’s taken down.
Thank you Dan Thomas Music.

https://youtu.be/8bAg73OBicg


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Love Thang on November 03, 2019, 06:15:51 PM
Hell of a find! I love when Brian mentions Looking Back With Love.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: rickymyfataar on November 03, 2019, 06:35:43 PM
Hell of a find! I love when Brian mentions Looking Back With Love.


At which part? Can't seem to find it.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Pretty Funky on November 03, 2019, 06:46:33 PM
7.30 in. Click on the info arrow and the sequence is listed.

Interesting to note that Brian, despite being deep into the Landy years, is controlling the occasion. Calling the tunes, key etc. Probably as  he was in the studio in the 60s.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: juggler on November 03, 2019, 10:32:24 PM
Yeah, it's interesting that Brian brought up Lookin Back with Love in the context of  reminding Mike of his cover of "Be My Baby."   That cover featured overdubs on top of a cut that Brian and Mike did together in 1980.  IIRC, the story was that Brian received no credit for the released track. 


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Lonely Summer on November 03, 2019, 10:33:36 PM
7.30 in. Click on the info arrow and the sequence is listed.

Interesting to note that Brian, despite being deep into the Landy years, is controlling the occasion. Calling the tunes, key etc. Probably as  he was in the studio in the 60s.
There are times during the Landy years where he seems alright. And other times, like the Diane Sawyer interview, where he's not quite all there.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Jay on November 04, 2019, 12:06:46 AM
I always thought it was fascinating watching the "All I Have To Do Is Dream" section. Brian starts with a low bass part, and Carl practically yells at him "Nooo! F!".


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: UEF on November 04, 2019, 02:20:23 AM
Starring an angry Ted Danson as Brian

(https://img.thedailybeast.com/image/upload/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k/dpr_1.5/c_limit,w_690/fl_lossy,q_auto/v1/galleries/2008/12/10/the-return-of-chest-hair/chest-hair---danson_mjrpeh)


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: dombanzai on November 04, 2019, 02:30:48 AM
Wonderful. Loved watching that. Great how they all seemed at one with each other.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Rocker on November 04, 2019, 03:04:52 AM
The Endless Summer TV Show, from which this session comes from, is also uploaded on youtube. Check out this channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/whitesnake2618/videos


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: NOLA BB Fan on November 04, 2019, 03:14:01 AM
Wonderful! Only wish I could have heard more from Carl.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: HeyJude on November 04, 2019, 07:03:41 AM
It's nice to get this stuff out there surviving on YouTube. While an official release even of just the BB footage would be extremely unlikely under any circumstances for all of the obvious reasons, in this case it's *extra* unlikely as apparently all of the master videotapes for this show (presumably both raw footage and finished episode masters) were destroyed in a fire (or some such disaster) years ago.

So unless local TV stations that syndicated the show still have their 30-year-old videotape masters, the only source left for this show is fan-made off-air VHS tapes.

The campfire stuff is obviously the most interesting of the BB segments. The "Club Kokomo" bits were mimed to pre-recorded tracks. The BBs also occasionally appeared in other segments; I recall one where they sat with some random band (that I'm guessing didn't go on to stardom) and giving them "advice" as they rehearsed. And then of course the centerpiece was the live '89 concert footage. The band was rather on autopilot mode by this point in 1989, but I wouldn't scoff at a full-length pro-shot show from 1989.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Rocker on November 04, 2019, 07:11:37 AM
I recall one where they sat with some random band (that I'm guessing didn't go on to stardom) and giving them "advice" as they rehearsed.


Yes!! Brian's advice for them how to be able to keep together as a band for so long was "Just don't hang out together"   :-D


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: UEF on November 04, 2019, 07:53:46 AM
The campfire stuff is obviously the most interesting of the BB segments. The "Club Kokomo" bits were mimed to pre-recorded tracks. The BBs also occasionally appeared in other segments; I recall one where they sat with some random band (that I'm guessing didn't go on to stardom) and giving them "advice" as they rehearsed. And then of course the centerpiece was the live '89 concert footage. The band was rather on autopilot mode by this point in 1989, but I wouldn't scoff at a full-length pro-shot show from 1989.

It's notable that the "Still Cruisin'" acoustic version has dated much, much better than whatever this is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RbMTDLFOjA


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Jay on November 04, 2019, 11:30:06 AM
It's always made me feel a bit uncomfortable seeing the weird constant rocking back and forth Brian does during the campfire scenes. His high voice was in great shape during this time though!

I've always wondered why the brief campfire scene show in Endless Harmony(or was it An American Band?) is in such terrible quality.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Ian on November 04, 2019, 01:12:16 PM
I’d have to pull out my book to get the exact quote but I have a comment by Bruce in there -where he says the show basically was pretty lame but that the campfire segment was fantastic and reminded him of the good old days. I agree with him. It’s a shame the good vibes on that day didn’t lead to anything between Brian and the others at that time


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: HeyJude on November 04, 2019, 01:26:22 PM
The Landy stuff aside, getting Brian back semi-reintegrated with the group for some of that ’89 TV show was one of several examples of how it often takes some third party and some cash and a specific plan to get the guys to all do something together. In ’89, they probably got a nice little deal for supplying that show all that content for their little summer syndication package. On the creative side, it gave them a reason/goal for being together.

Similar thing happened in 2012; Joe Thomas was the guy in that case with the cash and the plan. I have little doubt even smaller events like the SiriusXM thing was down to Jerry Schilling pitching it to them.

I don’t harp much on prospective reunions anymore, I think the band may have missed the window for doing something as substantive as the 2012 reunion. But it’s interesting to see how they (and many other artists for that matter) don’t always sit around devising fully-realized projects (and finding the money) to get back together. It takes someone else to motivate some aspect of it.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: HeyJude on November 04, 2019, 01:28:09 PM
I’d have to pull out my book to get the exact quote but I have a comment by Bruce in there -where he says the show basically was pretty lame but that the campfire segment was fantastic and reminded him of the good old days. I agree with him. It’s a shame the good vibes on that day didn’t lead to anything between Brian and the others at that time

It's funny, because at least the *Beach Boys* portions of all of those episodes (live show, mimed "Club" performances, the campfire stuff) were some of the least embarrassing things the band did in the visual medium in the mid-late-80s-90s time frame.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: CenturyDeprived on November 04, 2019, 03:48:19 PM
When watching this, I can't help but keep wondering if Landy is lurking literally *just* off camera. He must have been there in close proximity, I would think, right? I don't think Landy would have delegated that to one of Brian's other minders; I'd tend to think Landy himself would want to be there for a network TV appearance.

Several questions:

- Can anyone ID some of the people in the campfire "audience"? I know some (or all?) of Al's kids are there, as well as Billy Hinsche and Jeff Foskett. Not sure I can ID anyone else. I'm guessing some of the women were band members' girlfriends (?), and possibly some of the kids were the friends of BBs' own children. On the other hand, maybe some of them were extras to pad out the feel of the audience?

- Where were these scenes filmed? The poor video quality makes it hard to really tell if this is staged on a studio, or actually on some little private beach, and if so, which beach?

- Brian does look happy and comfortable, and it's sweet to see what appears to be Brian's own genuine love and camaraderie with his bandmates shining through, particularly in such a weird and creepy (behind the scenes) era for him. It's like that BBs band camaraderie stuff runs deep and comes back to him, despite any bad blood with Mike and others... when Brian got back into the groove of hanging around them with some guitars being played, their old early/mid '60s relationships (at least on the surface) just seemed to reappear for a brief moment, despite lots of water under the bridge.

In fact, when watching this (in direct contrast to some unnervingly weird Brian solo footage from the time involving no other BBs members), it makes sense how Brian "wanted to be a Beach Boy again" in 2012, and how much it was a real bummer to be edged out of the band. Brian clearly, despite any dysfunctional and unhealthy relationships with some members, gets something positive out of being with those guys. It's just like riding a bike. For better or worse, it seemed that Brian was shining when around his old mates.

- I can't help but think that this must have reminded the band of the Party! album sessions. Even though I guess those were actually done in a studio, the whole "sitting around playing acoustic guitar and goofing off" vibe seemed to very much be a direct link to at least what the Party! album attempted to create, however artificially. Especially with all the partially-played, aborted covers.  In a weird sense, I see a through line from the Party! album >  Smiley Smile (a psychedelic, raw, goofy but complex updated version of Party!) > the 1989 Campfire sessions.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Bicyclerider on November 04, 2019, 03:49:43 PM
I also find Brian's rocking and back and forth and the look in his eyes disturbing.  He doesn't say anything crazy but he definitely looks and acts off.  Landy's medication regime perhaps?


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: CenturyDeprived on November 04, 2019, 04:14:54 PM
Hell of a find! I love when Brian mentions Looking Back With Love.

It is a HILARIOUS moment. I do give credit to Mike for playing it off in a jokey way, although what else was he going to do. You can't help but laugh (in a good way, actually) at how they both handled that. It's maybe the only time an undeniably embarrassing release by a member of the band got referenced/called out by another band member so many years after the fact, in a public way like that.  Even though "Be My Baby" was probably one of the best songs off that album.

I have to say I kinda like some of LBWL as a guilty pleasure. I'd hate to think of what Campfire conversational topics would have to take place for Brian to have brought up "Rocking the Man in the Boat"  :lol

Maybe that Campfire "Be My Baby" ball busting moment is Brian's unofficial sequel to "Cassius Love vs Sonny Wilson".

I guess the fact that Mike straight up said on tape (I'm paraphrasing) during the Campfire Sessions that he wanted Looking Back With Love to be completely forgotten lends credence to the theory that Mike himself might be behind the reason why Summer in Paradise (the album) is today completely out of print, both digitally and physically.  Embarrassing officially-released moments, simply write them out of history and hope everyone forgets.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Matt H on November 04, 2019, 04:21:09 PM

- Can anyone ID some of the people in the campfire "audience"? I know some (or all?) of Al's kids are there, as well as Billy Hinsche and Jeff Foskett. Not sure I can ID anyone else. I'm guessing some of the women were band members' girlfriends (?), and possibly some of the kids were the friends of BBs' own children. On the other hand, maybe some of them were extras to pad out the feel of the audience?

Is Mike Meros sitting behind the little girls that are dancing by the fire?


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Pretty Funky on November 04, 2019, 05:36:35 PM
I think so. I believe Ed Carter is there, and I think some of the girls were the touring cheerleaders.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: juggler on November 04, 2019, 06:29:24 PM
I also find Brian's rocking and back and forth and the look in his eyes disturbing.  He doesn't say anything crazy but he definitely looks and acts off.  Landy's medication regime perhaps?

Yep, the rocking and "eyes open too wide" look were probably side effects of Landy's overmedication.  Overall, though, he was acting relatively normal.  Loved his "blah blah blah" lyrics at one point. Hilarious.  Despite all his turmoil during that period, his humor couldn't be supressed.  Also, anyone else notice who was the first person to worry that the little girl was getting too close to the fire? Yep, Brian as the conscientious adult in the group. Go figure.

You know, way back in 1995ish when Don Was was plugging his documentary, he appeared on Conan O'Brien's show, and something he said always struck me as very true.  He said something to the effect of "Everything I can say about Brian, I can also say the opposite thing.  And it'd also be true."  So much "conventional wisdom" about BW turns out to collapse under close scrutiny.  "Sweet Insanity" era Brian was supposedly this Landy-controlled zombie.  Yet, here he is in May 1989 acting relatively normal, singing with the group, to some extent leading the group, and spinning anecdotes about Mike's '49 Chevy's windshield, etc.  The same is true for the July 1990 hotel tape.  He's tough to pigeonhole.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: startBBtoday on November 04, 2019, 08:28:03 PM
This special is fascinating for so many reasons.

They hid Jeff for most of it.

Al seemed to get annoyed at Brian for being off-key a couple of times.

Mike's lyric recall is pretty amazing especially when you consider that Brian could barely remember the words to Be My Baby after all of the times he listened to it.

A very young Matt Jardine over Al's shoulder.

This is probably the most fun I've ever seen Brian have. It must have brought him back to the old days.

Brian being the only person concerned about the toddler dancing next to the fire was hilarious.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Lonely Summer on November 04, 2019, 11:16:46 PM
This reminds me of an interview I saw with Bruce, probably 1988, where he said the Beach Boys should do two types of albums - one would be a modern update of the Party album; the other would be their last great artistic statement, a Surf's Up for the 90's.
Well, they sort of the did the Party album on the tv show; I do think these clips compare favorably with the 65 album.
I guess it took a lot longer...a lot longer!...for that final, grand artistic album, TWGMTR.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Custom Machine on November 05, 2019, 01:59:12 AM

When watching this, I can't help but keep wondering if Landy is lurking literally *just* off camera. He must have been there in close proximity, I would think, right? I don't think Landy would have delegated that to one of Brian's other minders; I'd tend to think Landy himself would want to be there for a network TV appearance.


Yeah, my thoughts as well.


Where were these scenes filmed? The poor video quality makes it hard to really tell if this is staged on a studio, or actually on some little private beach, and if so, which beach?


Filmed at Walt Disney World in Florida, outside on the sand between the Grand Floridian and the Polynesian Village Resort but closest to the Grand Floridian.


In fact, when watching this (in direct contrast to some unnervingly weird Brian solo footage from the time involving no other BBs members), it makes sense how Brian "wanted to be a Beach Boy again" in 2012, and how much it was a real bummer to be edged out of the band. Brian clearly, despite any dysfunctional and unhealthy relationships with some members, gets something positive out of being with those guys. It's just like riding a bike. For better or worse, it seemed that Brian was shining when around his old mates.


This video is from 1988, but, yeah, 2012, two dozen years later, works equally as well, and I agree completely.




Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Emdeeh on November 05, 2019, 05:46:57 AM
Filmed at Walt Disney World in Florida, outside on the sand between the Grand Floridian and the Pllynesian Village Resort but closest to the Grand Floridina.

That's the location for the "Kokomo" video. The 1989 TV series was shot at Universal Studios in LA, so probably a backlot beach setup for the campfire.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: southbay on November 05, 2019, 08:24:16 AM
Filmed at Walt Disney World in Florida, outside on the sand between the Grand Floridian and the Pllynesian Village Resort but closest to the Grand Floridina.

That's the location for the "Kokomo" video. The 1989 TV series was shot at Universal Studios in LA, so probably a backlot beach setup for the campfire.

Correct.  The entire series (minus the concert footage) was shot at Universal Studios Los Angeles in May 1989.  The concert footage was from the Memorial Day weekend show with Chicago at the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa, in Orange County California .  So all of the footage for the show was shot within a few days in May, 1989


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: UEF on November 05, 2019, 01:45:24 PM
There even seems to be an additional guitarist who isn’t Jeff, Billy, Al or Carl, in some shots


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Rocker on November 05, 2019, 02:04:40 PM
The concerts at this time were certainly routine, but they could still blow your mind just like that. Evidence: Al's fabulous lead on "Surfer girl" (released on Songs From Here & Back IIRC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkZPXndEXc4


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Emdeeh on November 05, 2019, 02:15:22 PM
There even seems to be an additional guitarist who isn’t Jeff, Billy, Al or Carl, in some shots

Looks like their roadie Ab Jackson.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: southbay on November 05, 2019, 02:31:05 PM
The concerts at this time were certainly routine, but they could still blow your mind just like that. Evidence: Al's fabulous lead on "Surfer girl" (released on Songs From Here & Back IIRC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkZPXndEXc4

And Carl's fabulous leads on everything, including taking Peter Cetera's lead on "You're the Inspiration" during the 2 bands' encore


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Pretty Funky on November 05, 2019, 02:55:42 PM
Filmed at Walt Disney World in Florida, outside on the sand between the Grand Floridian and the Pllynesian Village Resort but closest to the Grand Floridina.

That's the location for the "Kokomo" video. The 1989 TV series was shot at Universal Studios in LA, so probably a backlot beach setup for the campfire.

The use of the Jaws beach at Universal Studio is a possibility......and somewhat appropriate I think.

https://youtu.be/JTddx1mRP2E


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Emdeeh on November 05, 2019, 03:30:36 PM
The Jaws beach was my first thought, as well.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: UEF on November 05, 2019, 03:52:32 PM
Brian’s scowling face during the bit where kids dance near the fire is a surprise!

The drugs certainly gave him an extra something - when he sings Love and Mercy in other parts of this show he’s almost Axl Rose-like...


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: DonnyL on November 05, 2019, 05:08:40 PM
I also find Brian's rocking and back and forth and the look in his eyes disturbing.  He doesn't say anything crazy but he definitely looks and acts off.  Landy's medication regime perhaps?

Yep, the rocking and "eyes open too wide" look were probably side effects of Landy's overmedication.  Overall, though, he was acting relatively normal.  Loved his "blah blah blah" lyrics at one point. Hilarious.  Despite all his turmoil during that period, his humor couldn't be supressed.  Also, anyone else notice who was the first person to worry that the little girl was getting too close to the fire? Yep, Brian as the conscientious adult in the group. Go figure.

You know, way back in 1995ish when Don Was was plugging his documentary, he appeared on Conan O'Brien's show, and something he said always struck me as very true.  He said something to the effect of "Everything I can say about Brian, I can also say the opposite thing.  And it'd also be true."  So much "conventional wisdom" about BW turns out to collapse under close scrutiny.  "Sweet Insanity" era Brian was supposedly this Landy-controlled zombie.  Yet, here he is in May 1989 acting relatively normal, singing with the group, to some extent leading the group, and spinning anecdotes about Mike's '49 Chevy's windshield, etc.  The same is true for the July 1990 hotel tape.  He's tough to pigeonhole.

I think Brian is just a moody guy.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Custom Machine on November 05, 2019, 07:28:16 PM

Filmed at Walt Disney World in Florida, outside on the sand between the Grand Floridian and the Polynesian Village Resort but closest to the Grand Floridian.


That's the location for the "Kokomo" video. The 1989 TV series was shot at Universal Studios in LA, so probably a backlot beach setup for the campfire.


You are correct! (Apparently my brain is getting senile.) As southbay noted earlier, filming for the campfire scenes took place at Universal Studios in LA in May 1989. The series also featured concert footage filmed at the Pacific Amphitherter in Costa Mesa on May 27, during the BBs/Chicago summer 89 tour.

The BBs Endless Summer was a syndicated series consisting of 8 one hour shows. Executive producer was Steve Binder, director of The T.A.M.I. Show and producer of Elvis Presley's 1968 Comeback Special (officially "Elvis" or "Singer Presents Elvis"). The BB's campfire sessions are reminiscent of the causal sit-down portions of the Elvis special, featuring Presley and sideman conversing and jamming in a relatively unscripted manner.

The series aired in San Diego Saturday nights on a non-network TV station from June 17 thru August 5, 1989, but due to its syndicated nature air dates may have varied in other markets.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Jay on November 06, 2019, 12:12:52 AM
The Landy stuff aside, getting Brian back semi-reintegrated with the group for some of that ’89 TV show was one of several examples of how it often takes some third party and some cash and a specific plan to get the guys to all do something together. In ’89, they probably got a nice little deal for supplying that show all that content for their little summer syndication package. On the creative side, it gave them a reason/goal for being together.

Similar thing happened in 2012; Joe Thomas was the guy in that case with the cash and the plan. I have little doubt even smaller events like the SiriusXM thing was down to Jerry Schilling pitching it to them.

I don’t harp much on prospective reunions anymore, I think the band may have missed the windor for doing something as substantive as the 2012 reunion. But it’s interesting to see how they (and many other artists for that matter) don’t always sit around devising fully-realized projects (and finding the money) to get back together. It takes someone else to motivate some aspect of it.

Not to derail the overall "feel good" vibe of this video, but it's so sad how almost all of the great bands of the past have turned into a "corporation" or "brand name". There's no comradery left. No "family" feeling. Other than The Beach Boys, Crosby Stills and Nash and Guns N' Roses come to mind. Each person has their own "team", and money rules at the end of the day.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Rick5150 on November 08, 2019, 12:19:28 PM
That was once of the coolest things I saw in a while! Thank you.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Lonely Summer on November 08, 2019, 07:37:15 PM
This series aired on one our local syndication channels late at night, maybe 11:30 or midnight. Always wondered back then how many people were watching, or how many even knew about it. IRRC, the Beach Boys segments were the only ones that weren't lip-synched.
I think Brian looks great in the campfire segments, but there are a couple songs they taped at what they called Club Kokomo - Rock and Roll Music was one one of them; Brian's eyes looked really weird, like WTF did Landy's goons have him on that day?


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Ian on November 09, 2019, 12:21:59 PM
I believe the campfire stuff was filmed on May 30 1989


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Rocker on November 10, 2019, 02:35:08 AM

I think Brian looks great in the campfire segments, but there are a couple songs they taped at what they called Club Kokomo - Rock and Roll Music was one one of them; Brian's eyes looked really weird, like WTF did Landy's goons have him on that day?


I have this one on the Pro Shot List as filmed in Costa Mesa on May 27th for the ES special. Did you mean this or was there another version of RnR Music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FRQwLSk7Gk


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: southbay on November 11, 2019, 08:44:23 AM

I think Brian looks great in the campfire segments, but there are a couple songs they taped at what they called Club Kokomo - Rock and Roll Music was one one of them; Brian's eyes looked really weird, like WTF did Landy's goons have him on that day?


I have this one on the Pro Shot List as filmed in Costa Mesa on May 27th for the ES special. Did you mean this or was there another version of RnR Music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FRQwLSk7Gk

That youtube clip is rehearsal footage for the BB/Chicago tour.  Likely also shot in or around May 89 in LA


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Rocker on November 11, 2019, 01:53:30 PM

I think Brian looks great in the campfire segments, but there are a couple songs they taped at what they called Club Kokomo - Rock and Roll Music was one one of them; Brian's eyes looked really weird, like WTF did Landy's goons have him on that day?


I have this one on the Pro Shot List as filmed in Costa Mesa on May 27th for the ES special. Did you mean this or was there another version of RnR Music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FRQwLSk7Gk

That youtube clip is rehearsal footage for the BB/Chicago tour.  Likely also shot in or around May 89 in LA


That's very helpful, thanks! Do you know more about this footage? And maybe also the exact date?


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: southbay on November 11, 2019, 04:27:48 PM
Well I remember seeing it air on Entertainment Tonight in the US back in 1989 as part of the media blitz for the tour.  Per the Bellagio website it was recorded somewhere between May 8-11, 1989 at Culver City Studios during Brian's 3 days of rehearsals with the group for the tour.  Not that anybody asked, but I did also attend that May 27 BB/Chicago show at the Pacific Amphitheater that was filmed for the concert portion of the ES tv series. The 2 groups played the following night at the Hollywood Bowl


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Lonely Summer on November 11, 2019, 08:19:57 PM

I think Brian looks great in the campfire segments, but there are a couple songs they taped at what they called Club Kokomo - Rock and Roll Music was one one of them; Brian's eyes looked really weird, like WTF did Landy's goons have him on that day?


I have this one on the Pro Shot List as filmed in Costa Mesa on May 27th for the ES special. Did you mean this or was there another version of RnR Music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FRQwLSk7Gk
No, it wasn't that clip - he actually looks very good there.
It still amazes me, Brian's physical transformation in the 80's; as one writer put it, "he was the only Beach Boy that looked as if he could have been a surfer".
But there were times when it looked like he had been overmedicated. Bug eyed, deer in the headlights look. At the time I attributed it mostly to stage fright; but now, i'm not so sure.  :(


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Rocker on November 12, 2019, 01:21:29 AM
Well I remember seeing it air on Entertainment Tonight in the US back in 1989 as part of the media blitz for the tour.  Per the Bellagio website it was recorded somewhere between May 8-11, 1989 at Culver City Studios during Brian's 3 days of rehearsals with the group for the tour.  Not that anybody asked, but I did also attend that May 27 BB/Chicago show at the Pacific Amphitheater that was filmed for the concert portion of the ES tv series. The 2 groups played the following night at the Hollywood Bowl


Thank you! I hope I got it right, just updated the list.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: All Summer Long on December 21, 2019, 03:49:45 PM
Well the clip’s finally down...I guess I deserve it; waiting too long and not watching it.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Pretty Funky on December 21, 2019, 07:28:20 PM
(Sssshhh.....keep it quiet but still available in NZ)


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: All Summer Long on December 21, 2019, 08:16:22 PM
(Sssshhh.....keep it quiet but still available in NZ)

Wait maybe I was wrong it seems to be working now. I must have clicked on another one of my almost 200 open tabs and assumed it was this one that got pulled for copyright. Carry on.  ;D


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Pretty Funky on August 31, 2020, 03:16:14 AM
A very nice cleaned up video and audio of not just the campfire segments, but every Beach Boys appearance and Brian solo segments in the series. Nice job as usual DJ L33.

https://youtu.be/YTjmGs00Gdo


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: Awesoman on August 31, 2020, 05:41:16 AM
It’s only taken 30 years but someone has put the campfire sessions together in a very watchable clip. Enjoy now in case it’s taken down.
Thank you Dan Thomas Music.

https://youtu.be/8bAg73OBicg

In case YT does eventually take this one down, you can download the video itself by putting the link above into this address:

https://www.y2mate.com/en24



Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: juggler on August 31, 2020, 04:08:24 PM
Surreal to see Brian strutting the stage like Mick Jagger... or at least Mike Love (in leather pants? and a double-breasted blazer).  The Landy era was weird.  Everyone pretty much agrees that Landy was over-medicating and improperly medicating (and was an overall crappy person), but the popular conception of how Brian was during that period is somewhat inconsistent with what we see in this video. 

And, thinking about it, isn't that sort of true of almost every period?  Brian supposedly "out of it" post-Smile, 1968-70, and then an interview will surface and he sure doesn't sound "out of it."    Ditto for various other periods in the '70s, '80s.    Funny how reality is often more complicated than the official or unofficial narrative.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: southbay on August 31, 2020, 05:15:25 PM
Ok, I was actually at that concert.  Brian's actual appearance on stage was brutal. BRUTAL. Physically he looked good, yes. But Landy was using him like a trained Bear.  The audience couldn't understand a word he was singing (this was all dubbed in post production) and his strutting?  As a Beach Boys and Brian hard-core fan, I was really embarrassed and hard pressed to explain it to the casual fans in my group.  They didn't know WHAT was going on.


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: juggler on August 31, 2020, 07:24:44 PM
Ok, I was actually at that concert.  Brian's actual appearance on stage was brutal. BRUTAL. Physically he looked good, yes. But Landy was using him like a trained Bear.  The audience couldn't understand a word he was singing (this was all dubbed in post production) and his strutting?  As a Beach Boys and Brian hard-core fan, I was really embarrassed and hard pressed to explain it to the casual fans in my group.  They didn't know WHAT was going on.

Wow, thanks for the first-hand report.  Such a strange period in BB history.    

Then again...  What wasn't a strange period in BB history?  Maybe 1962?  :lol


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: HeyJude on September 01, 2020, 12:42:23 PM
Ok, I was actually at that concert.  Brian's actual appearance on stage was brutal. BRUTAL. Physically he looked good, yes. But Landy was using him like a trained Bear.  The audience couldn't understand a word he was singing (this was all dubbed in post production) and his strutting?  As a Beach Boys and Brian hard-core fan, I was really embarrassed and hard pressed to explain it to the casual fans in my group.  They didn't know WHAT was going on.

There's an audience recording of the show floating around somewhere, and I recall that Brian really butchers "In My Car" in particular. What we see/hear on the TV show seems to be a mixture of pre-recorded studio elements, and then some if not most or all of Brian's live vocal replaced with a re-record.

Brian did that little mini solo set at some some shows in 1989. Truly bizarre. They get Brian back for shows, but apart from a few things ("Surfer Girl"), they literally segregate, with the band doing most of their set without Brian, and then Brian doing his set without the band (with some of the backing guys staying on stage).


Title: Re: Campfire Acoustic Session :Endless Summer TV Series
Post by: southbay on September 01, 2020, 01:13:48 PM
Ok, I was actually at that concert.  Brian's actual appearance on stage was brutal. BRUTAL. Physically he looked good, yes. But Landy was using him like a trained Bear.  The audience couldn't understand a word he was singing (this was all dubbed in post production) and his strutting?  As a Beach Boys and Brian hard-core fan, I was really embarrassed and hard pressed to explain it to the casual fans in my group.  They didn't know WHAT was going on.

Correct.  He also performed "Country Feelins"--bad idea.

There's an audience recording of the show floating around somewhere, and I recall that Brian really butchers "In My Car" in particular. What we see/hear on the TV show seems to be a mixture of pre-recorded studio elements, and then some if not most or all of Brian's live vocal replaced with a re-record.

Brian did that little mini solo set at some some shows in 1989. Truly bizarre. They get Brian back for shows, but apart from a few things ("Surfer Girl"), they literally segregate, with the band doing most of their set without Brian, and then Brian doing his set without the band (with some of the backing guys staying on stage).